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Floating point rounding imprecision seems to be triggered by MTQ

Troubleshooting


Problem

It is not unusual to see rounding errors or imprecision in floating point calculations.

Symptom

Users may notice they are more pronounced or the sequence and presentation are different when Multi Threaded Queries (MTQ) is enabled.

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Modified date:
09 May 2025

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